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He was driving behind a lorry crane when he noticed that its boom (the lifting arm of a crane) was extended. Then he heard a loud bang. The boom had smashed into an overhead bridge, dislodging two large pieces. But Mr Tonny Neo, 37, did not see them. Before he could react, one piece plunged towards his car and pierced the windscreen on the front passenger side. The 3m-long metal rod brushed against the left side of his body and - to his horror - continued towards his wife and baby in the rear. Miraculously, the rod went between mother and son and stopped a mere 2cm from the six-month-old baby in a car seat. The baby's left knee was bruised while Mr Neo suffered fractures to his ribs and has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The family's close shave happened around 10.30am on Oct 29, 2011, after the exit at Paya Lebar Road on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) in the direction of Tuas. Mr Neo, who is self-employed, was driving back to his office at Bukit Batok. While driving along the PIE, he saw the lorry crane with the extended boom in front of his silver Toyota Allion. "Suddenly, I heard a loud bang. My instinct told me something might fall. I tried to avoid it but it happened too fast," Mr Neo said. A part of the boom that had been dislodged landed beside his car, while the other piece came hurtling towards him and smashed into the windscreen. "I thought I was going to die. I never expected it to hit me. I thought I could avoid it, but it came right into my car." Source: http://ride.asiaone.com/news/general/story/crane-hit-bridge-pierced-car-boom

Was travelling along PIE at around 10:40am today towards airport after the Paya Lebar Rd exit when I first saw a big truck stopping in the middle lane then many cars on hazard lights at the opposite direction on Lane 1 further down. "Accident the other side," I said to my CO. Travelling further down a horrific sight that you only watch on TV or read on newspapers of serious traffic which always happened overseas: A big metallic pole pierching through the front passenger side of the windscreen of a white saloon car!!! Many folks have dismounted from their vehicles & congregating around the white car. Not sure what happened but if you were there on either side you would know how serious it looked. Just hope no one was hurt.